100 Quotes by Olly Alexander

The majority of the film industry is, like, obsessed with a ridiculous gender binary and keeping with this stupid social binary. Like, who cares?

I had such intense self-loathing for so long.

I identify as a gay man all the time, but I also like to identify as queer.

I used to be scared of people thinking I was gay but now I'd be shocked if they didn't.

I don't know if there's ever a point where you go, 'Oh, I'm successful now. Look at all this great stuff I've done,' because I don't think it can be tangible in that way.

If you're making something tangible, whether it's clothing, a song, a piece of art... when you create something that's outside of yourself you take a bit of the pain and it's released, you let it out a little bit. That's my Oprah Winfrey moment.

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

I think the reason I've been so committed to advocacy is because I see so many people in pain.

I get trolled. The usual stuff - sometimes it's homophobic, like gay hate.